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nitrocotton
[ nahy-troh-kot-n ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nitrocotton1
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Example Sentences
Collodion Cotton: low nitralion nitrocotton, soluble in a mixture of ether and alcohol.
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Ballistite: equal parts of nitroglycerine and soluble nitrocotton with some mineral jelly.
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Monarkite: ammonium and sodium nitrate, nitroglycerine, nitrocotton, starch, mineral jelly, salt.
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Propellant Explosives.—The chief propellants arc nitrocellulose, also called nitrocotton or guncotton, and nitroglycerine.
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Generally nitrocotton contains about 12 to 13 per cent of nitrogen.
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